Where have they all gone?

 Where have all the daisies gone from Silverdale

and buttercups from Goldenhill and Goldendale?

Where is the grass from Pennyfields and Summerbank?

Etruria, Dunkirk and Florence evoke images of Europe

but no they are here in Staffordshire.

No parrots in Parrots Drumble, No kids in Kids Wood, 

 but there rooks in the Rookery.

 Acres Nook

Now trees we can boast about 

A 350-year-old yew tree in Shugborough Estate is vying to be the best in the country with it's 575ft crown circumference.

Staffordshire can boast 66 different species.

but tragedy has struck in the name of progress.

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But now this historic Staffordshire yew tree is bidding to go one step better and be named the best in the country.

And members of the public in the West Midlands are being urged to get behind the campaign and vote for it to become the winner.

The 350-year-old tree at the Shugborough Estate, has a crown circumference of 575ft - about the same size as the auditorium at the Royal Albert Hall.

More than 200 nominations of trees across the country were lodged in the competition to find the best which is being run by the nature charity, The Woodland Trust.